Japan Festival Penis
💣 👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻 ALL INFORMATION CLICK HERE 👈🏻👈🏻👈🏻
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
"A hundred thousand revelers come here to celebrate one thing: the male organ."
Posted on April 10, 2019, at 11:01 a.m. ET
Every year on the first Sunday of April in Kawasaki, Japan, one might cross paths with a peculiar sight — a succession of enormous erect penises parading down the street under the strength of men in traditional female garb.
This year, photographer B.A. Van Sise was in attendance of the annual Festival of the Steel Phallus, a regional tradition dating back to the 17th century that today serves as a platform for the benefit of HIV research. Here, Van Sise shares his experience and some of the history behind what is perhaps the most phallic festival in the world.
Early April in Kawasaki, Japan, is set aside for the Kanamara Matsuri, or the festival of the steel phallus, in which a hundred thousand revelers come here to celebrate one thing: the male organ. Home to the Kanayama Jinja Shrine, Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo, has been closely tied to the male anatomy for centuries, due to a persistent local legend, so its famed Shinto shrine to the relic of a steel phallus was, well, erected.
Legend holds that a jealous, red-faced, sharped-tooth demon hid in the vagina of a goddess and then bit off, to their great surprise, the penises of her first two husbands. History forgets to mention why she failed to warn the second guy.
Finally a third, more determined suitor, a blacksmith, created an iron phallus that broke the demon's teeth; the man won over the beautiful woman while the demon presumably returned back to the ether to receive quite the lecture from his orthodontist.
The shrine is humble but has stood the test of time. Made of old stone and boasting a small but pretty network of traditional orange torii gates, it was built in roughly 698 CE — but is now more famously home to the festival — in prim and proper Japan, an unusual but charming celebration of the sacred and the profane.
While beautifully frocked Shinto priests in the shrine celebrate the thousands-year-old god, long worshiped by prostitutes fearing disease and pilgrims worried for their fertility, a different sort of celebration is going on outside, as tens, if not hundreds of thousands of partiers take to the streets.
Revelers carry penis lollipops (funny to look at, but not particularly tasty), phallic vegetables, and enough whimsical toys to stock a year's worth of Las Vegas bachelorette parties. They enjoy them all while snapping not-quite-ready-for-Instagram selfies and watching a parade of all of Kawasaki's manliest men, struggling to carry a bunch of giant junk through the street.
Local families and businesses work for months to make the enormous genitals carried on the shoulders of teams of men through Kawasaki's tight streets. Three, in total, are carried around town; two are of metal and one, true to Japan's contemporary anime-loving culture, is of the cheery, bubblegum-hued cartoon variety, and lofted by 18 fellows wearing glitter and fantastic makeup.
For the prudish, it might be hard to see, but it does have its benefits: These days, sales from the festival — penis clothing, candy, food, toys — rake in gobs of money every year, put duly to work toward HIV research.
This year marks a half century for the festival in its modern form. Visitors wanting to see it themselves, and unafraid to face the throbbing masses, can make it to Kawasaki from Tokyo in an easy day trip on the first Sunday of April, any year, and see for themselves the giant phalluses of Kawasaki — and the many men who get them up.
Got a confidential tip? Submit it here.
B.A. Van Sise is a New York-based portrait and features photographer.
These Siblings Just Saw Each Other For The First Time Since Surviving The Car Crash That Killed Their Parents
Famous Berkeley Astronomer Violated Sexual Harassment Policies Over Many Years
The Senate Passed Biden’s Massive COVID Aid Package, But Only After Watering Down Checks And Unemployment Benefits
NYT Columnist David Brooks Resigns From Nonprofit After More Evidence Of Conflicts Emerges
This Guy Offered "Free Dad Hugs" At A Pride Parade And People Really Needed Them
This Guy Ordered Clorox Wipes When The Pandemic Started. They Finally Arrived 349 Days Later.
Kathy Griffin Says People Confront Her Every Day About That Trump Photo
Here Are 20 Headlines Comparing Meghan Markle To Kate Middleton That May Show Why She And Prince Harry Left Royal Life
Billie Eilish And Lizzo Both Wanted Other Women To Win Their Grammys And People Are Loving The Sisterhood
Some Oath Keepers Say Its Founder Has Betrayed The Group’s Mission — And Them
Want to see more stories like this? Become a BuzzFeed News member.
These Siblings Just Saw Each Other For The First Time Since Surviving The Car Crash That Killed Their Parents
Famous Berkeley Astronomer Violated Sexual Harassment Policies Over Many Years
The Senate Passed Biden’s Massive COVID Aid Package, But Only After Watering Down Checks And Unemployment Benefits
NYT Columnist David Brooks Resigns From Nonprofit After More Evidence Of Conflicts Emerges
This Guy Offered "Free Dad Hugs" At A Pride Parade And People Really Needed Them
This Guy Ordered Clorox Wipes When The Pandemic Started. They Finally Arrived 349 Days Later.
Kathy Griffin Says People Confront Her Every Day About That Trump Photo
Here Are 20 Headlines Comparing Meghan Markle To Kate Middleton That May Show Why She And Prince Harry Left Royal Life
Billie Eilish And Lizzo Both Wanted Other Women To Win Their Grammys And People Are Loving The Sisterhood
Some Oath Keepers Say Its Founder Has Betrayed The Group’s Mission — And Them
People Got Real About The Worst Ways They’ve Ever Been Ghosted, And It Gets Brutal
An Old Macy's Was Turned Into A New High School In Vermont And It Still Looks Like A Store
Mixed-Race People Are Revealing Moments When Family Members Have Been Racist Toward Them, And It's Eye-Opening
These 13 Famous Women Were "Canceled" For Reasons That Are Actually Pretty Sexist
23 Things Most Straight People Have No Idea Gay People Can't Do
Meghan Markle Opened Up About The Brutal Phone Call She Had With Her Father After He Set Up Paparazzi Photos Before Her Wedding To Prince Harry
This Woman Went Mega-Viral On TikTok For Sharing How She Contracted Worms From Eating Bagged Salads
Prince Harry Opened Up About Princess Diana In The Oprah Interview, And Y'all, My Poor Little Heart
Here's How British Newspapers Are Covering Prince Harry And Meghan Markle's Sensational Interview With Oprah
College Professors Are Dragging Their Worst Students, And It's Brutally Honest And Hilarious
Become a BuzzFeed News member and fund our FOIA fight.
Канамара-мацури — Википедия
16 Jaw-Dropping Pictures From Inside Japan 's Penis Festival
Kanamara P*nis Festival Exposed ONLY in JAPAN - YouTube
How To Celebrate Kanamara Matsuri, Tokyo’s Penis Festival
Фестиваль пенисов-2019 в Японии » Я Устал - Прикольные картинки и фото...
Glory Hole Sperm
Stephanie Erb Boobs
Laura Vandervoot Nude
Japan Festival Penis
q_85/xzvb5epwatrxt9yvnjqg/japan-kanamara-matsuri.jpg" width="550" alt="Japan Festival Penis" title="Japan Festival Penis">
